Miracles (Betty's story part 2)
(continuation of Obstacles: Betty's story part 1) Leaving China was difficult. Not that Betty was sad to leave, but it had taken so much effort to get to where she was: She had endured many obstacles getting her education. Her family interfered with her education. She was verbally and sometimes physically abused. She was also the family “maid” who toiled at hand washing the soiled laundry, while her spoiled brother and sister got to indulge in idyllic pastimes like playing the piano. This disruptive family life lead to anger, and caused her to act out by fighting other kids at school, even taking out her anger on boys who happened to get in her way. The communist government was another factor in Betty’s difficulty with education. They decided to punish bourgeois families, considering any family that knew English, had their own business, or had money to be in need of reeducation, so they sent them to work farms. The communists, however, did not believe this reeducating ...